Journal box



June 17 l 924.

T. E. MURRAY JOURNAL BOX Filed Dec. 6. 1920 IN VEN TOR Rom/s5 Mummy fllw I .4 ITTORNEY 9 x .l. 8 v I K A v I M 4 I! W 7 A [I V II 9 0 Patented June 17, 1924., v

{UNITED STATES THOMAS E. MURRAY, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

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Application filed December a, 1920 Serial no. 42s,455.

To all whomit'may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS; E. MURRAY,

a citizen Ofillhe United Statea'residing in theboroughof Brooklyn, county of Kings,

and State of New. York have invented certain new and usefulImprovements'in J ournal-,Boxes, vof which the following is a specification, H

.1 My invention aims-togprovide certain improvements designed particularly 'for 'rail- Way car journal boxes and adapted also i for bearing boxesofvarious other vehicles and machines which" are supported on the axle or shaft whose bearings are carried in the box. By my 1 improvement/such boxes can 51 2c made chieflyiof sheet metalso-asto; be lighter and: heaper than those at present generally used.

j The accompany ng drawings illustrate an embod ment of; my invention. 7

Figs 1 is aperspective view of journal box embodying the invention;

.Fig. 2 isa transverse sectionofjthe same -ad acent to theistlffeners. ori remforcmgf members referred to,her,einafter; h

Fig. 3 isan enlarged sectional view "of, the

connectionbetween the box; proper and one of the stiffening members a Referring toflthe embodiment-"of the invention illustrated,fthe box properLor cel- ;lar-as,it -,is called, is madeyof sheet metal formed in any one of various ways ,=,as for example by shaping it in segments and weldingpthese together inthe manner described in the Williams application No. 414:; 282, filed October 2, 1920. The bottom 2 of the box is rounded throughout the greater portion of its length. The middleportion, however, is made rectangular with a flat bottom 3 and straight vertical sides 4. The inside of the box is formed orprovided-with the usual or any suitable flanges and stops for holding the bearing block which rests.

' on the end of the axle, the wedge for hold they times necessary to put alrjack under'lthe journal box' and tolift the latter, and, the.

weight of the car carried thereby so as; to relieve the downward pressure of the -bear-,

ingv block on the axle, in order'to remove the wedge and bearing block and to substitute new parts therefor. Underisnchicin cumstan'oes the entire.journalibox is; very hot, often red hot, a and: unless made of heavy metal is liable to collapse under the upward pressure of'the jack; theweightfons F orthis reason sheet.metal,boxes,'ialthough or no place inactualuse. I 2: I propose to 'provlde; stlffenmg means have been proposed, have found little afbearin'g often amountingto several -tons Y which willv reinforce thebox againstflthis upwardv pressure or which will themselves transmit all orthe greater partgofthe pres sure to'thefoarso as to lift the jlatt-erpwithout collapsing orgdistorting the box.'

For this purpose-a1 provide on eachof the ,opposite straight sides of thebox apair of vertical members withflongitudinal flanges bywhich they are united to the box and transverse fiangese which give lateral stifi:

ness. These members rest on. t-l etie bar seat 7 and are engaged at their upper'ends by the arch bar seat6 so as to transmit an upward pressure directly from the .former t m latter and thus to lift the can without putting any substantial pressure on the sides '4, of the box. 'lh'e'se,vertical members 'on each side'of the box form s'paces between them for the fastening bolt'sf'of the car bolsters which pass also through the holes 10 and 11 in the projecting ends of the seats 6 and 7; I

The stilfeningmembers are united to the box at separate'points as, for example,-by means of outward projections 12 on the sides of the box welded to the flanges 8 of the stiffening bars. This leaves the stiffening bars and box merely in light contact witheach other throughout the greaterpart of their adjacent faces so that there is a minimum transmission of heat from the box to the stiffening :members. therefore, will be'the better adapted; to With stand the upward stress by reason of their size and arrangement and also by reason of their comparative coolness. Variousother means of'fastening may be used instead of the projection weld illustrated. In fact these members may serve their function of lifting the car without being directly fas- These members,

s ,inventie ww be pp defeat "varl'ety of s'u'ch structures, uniting stifieners :t o"the parts fin question or uniting one of prox ction "vsulding or otherwise at separated F "ntssoasftominimize the transmission of eat. "flhough I have described with great parrityof'detail fcertain specific embodintsofiny'invention' yet it will be underst ed that theinve'ntion' is not restricted to "cular embodiment illustrated. .Vad'ifications thereof in detail and in V 'ja'ngement and design of the parts ifriay b'e made" byithose skilled in. the art without departing from my invention as defined iii the following claims.

I Kjoujrrial box of sheet'metalhaving on t op'a separate'ly formed arch bar seat d on bottomia separately formed tie ar eat in combination with vertical mems atta chedto'thesidesof said box, separinged "from said seats and adapted 'iii'd Qendently of the sheet metal parts.

T heated under the conditions of use..

,th partsi'thereof to anotherby means of j vertical bars, one mounted "at "each [toftransm' tfa'n'upward pressure to the car:

' journal box of sheet metal having on mounted at the sides of the box and adapted to transmit an upward pressure' independently of the parts of the cellar.

3. A journal box of sheet metal in combination with separate means for transmitting an upward pressure tothe car, said means being united to the box and engaging it closely at separated points only so as to minimize transmission of heat thereto.

4. A journal box of sheet metal h aving' ,0n the top anarch bar seat formedseparately from the cellarand on the bottom a' tie ba'r seat also formed separately from the'c'el'la'r,

said seats projecting beyond the'si desof th'e cellar with 'ope'ningsthrou'gh their project ed portions'for the passage of'ffasteni n'g bolts in combination with separatelyffo" ing a separately formed part whih forces the firstflto prevent 1ts yieldinguiider pressure andisu'nited thereto atseparated points so as to minimizej the"transmission of heat thereto. 7 I 6. A device of'the class described havingapart of sheet metal which is adap'tedf'tdbe highly'heated in use and'havingfa separately formed part which reinforces the' fir'st to prevent its yielding under pressure andis united thereto byproje'ction'wel'di 'ng at ep 80 arated points; so as to minimizethetransmission of heat 'therefromg" In witness whereof, I" have hereunto-signed 

